About Me
NOTE: Will be back in Uganda from May 18 through August 4
I'm a student at the University of Tennessee, majoring in Global Studies: Politics and Economy. My academic interests lie in NGO/aid management and accountability, sustainable international development, peace building strategies and analyzing how they are affected by policy.
My experience in the field has included a stint in the summer of 2008 working with MUMYO, a grassroots development NGO (based in Naggalama, Uganda), and a return trip to Uganda in December 2008 - January 2009 with the Jazz for Justice Project, an initiative created in 2006 to 'explore music and the arts as a tool of peace building and post-conflict reconstruction' in northern Uganda.
I spent June and July of 2009 in Uganda continuing my work with MUMYO; at the same time, I researched methods of determining disposable income for the sustainability of a new program being implemented by Educate!, a Ugandan education empowerment NGO that aims to mentor and equip a new generation of socially responsible leaders in Uganda.
Currently, my personal research is focused on analyzing the effectiveness of NGO’s in relation to their size and management structure. I’m also working to develop a plan/model for a future incarnation of the Jazz for Justice Project, based in Gulu, Uganda, and I'm a research assistant for a refugee resettlement evaluation project at The Center for the Study of Youth and Political Violence.
In my spare time, I like to take pictures, read words, hike trails, learn djembe and cook things.
Feel free to email me about pretty much anything, connect on LinkedIn or follow me on Twitter.
Thanks for visiting,
Dustyn